{"id":65682,"date":"2017-09-11T20:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=65682"},"modified":"2017-09-11T20:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:29:06","slug":"if-your-photos-arent-good-enough-youre-not-close-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/11\/if-your-photos-arent-good-enough-youre-not-close-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"If Your Photos Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Good Enough, You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Not Close Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walking woman. Kyoto street photograph, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Capa<\/a> said it best\u00e2\u20ac\u201d if you want to make better pictures, get closer.<\/p>\n

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To make better photos, get closer.<\/p>\n

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Take a step or two closer. Take a few more photos. Work the scene. Shoot the scene for different angles.<\/p>\n

\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If your photos aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t good enough, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not close enough.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Robert Capa<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Use a wide-angle lens. Use a 28mm<\/a> or a 35mm lens. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use a zoom lens, instead, use your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153foot zoom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Get physically close to your subjects; don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t crop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Why get closer? Your photos will be more intimate. They will have more soul. You will push yourself outside your comfort zone. It is scary and challenging to get closer. But the closer you get, the more emotionally close you will get to your subjects.<\/p>\n

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To get closer, pretend like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting something behind your subject. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make eye contact. Or, just ask for permission. Smile a lot. Wave hello to your subject before or after. Make small chat with people. Maybe talk with them before<\/em> asking to make their portrait.<\/p>\n

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Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hesitate. Be brave. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid of offending people. Remember, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re making art.<\/p>\n

BE STRONG,
\nERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Capa said it best\u00e2\u20ac\u201d if you want to make better pictures, get closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ERIC-KIM-KYOTO-CHROMA-2017-0139313.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65685,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65682\/revisions\/65685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}